The Dance of the Mediocre: Canada's Military Aspirations and the Slumber of Nations

Behold, O wandering spirits, as I unveil before thee a tale of promises and proclamations from the land of eternal snow, where comfort-seekers dwell in their tepid contentment! Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that shepherd of the docile masses, stands before the gathering of NATO nations, his words a lullaby for the slumbering multitudes.

See how they measure their worth in percentages and decimals! These merchants of security trade in numbers while the spirit of warfare itself withers in their comfortable chambers. What warrior of old counted coins before wielding his sword?

In Montreal, that fortress of modern mediocrity, Trudeau speaks of reaching the sacred number - two percent of GDP for defence by 2032. A decade hence! While the drums of war echo from the East, these merchants of postponement trade in future promises.

The masses sleep soundly in their beds, dreaming of safety guaranteed by arithmetic rather than valor. They speak of "defence spending" and "GDP forecasts" - the language of merchants, not warriors! The parliamentary budget officer, that keeper of mundane ledgers, disputes even these modest ambitions, suggesting Canada shall reach but 1.58 percent by the decade's end.

O how the mighty have fallen! Once were nations forged in iron and blood, now they quibble over decimal points while the storm clouds gather! These are truly the children of comfort, measuring their strength in spreadsheets!

And what of their "defence minister," this Blair who speaks of procurement reform? Hark at his words of "integrated continental air defence" and "coastline patrols" - the bureaucrat's answer to the warrior's call! They seek to reform the acquisition of weapons while their spirits remain unreformed, unchanged, unawakened.

In Latvia, they station their brigade, thirteen nations united in their shared slumber. They call it deterrence, but what deters the tide of history? What spreadsheet has ever halted the march of destiny?

The true danger lies not in the insufficiency of their numbers, but in the poverty of their spirits! They seek safety in collective mediocrity, these last men who say: "We have invented happiness."

The United States, that restless giant, pushes against this door of complacency. Yet Canada responds with more promises, more delays, more comfortable assurances that change will come - tomorrow, always tomorrow! Their "clear path" stretches into a future they cannot possibly foresee, while the present moment demands transformation.

The masses sleep on, content in their democratic slumber, while authoritarianism - that wolf at the door - grows stronger. They speak of "multinational forces" and "NATO commitments" as if these were talismans against the gathering storm.

What use are percentages to a nation that has forgotten how to dream dangerously? What value are commitments to those who commit only to comfort?

Thus do we witness the dance of the mediocre, where nations measure their might in fractions and their courage in committees. The land of the sleepers remains secure in its slumber, dreaming of a future where safety can be purchased with promises and protection guaranteed by graphs.

Let them sleep on, these children of comfort, these last men who blink and talk of progress while the world transforms around them. When the storm comes - and come it shall - it will not ask for their spreadsheets or their careful calculations. It will demand what it has always demanded: the strength of spirit that no percentage can measure, the will to power that no budget can contain.

Rise, O Canada, from thy comfortable slumber! The time for counting coins is past. The future belongs to those who dare to forge it with their will, not those who measure it with their calculators.